Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) has restarted several process units at its refineries that were down due to the lockdown. The restarting of units is with the demand for petroleum products gradually picking up, a company statement said.
“With throughputs gradually picking up pace, the refineries are currently operating at about 60 per cent of their design capacities with plans to scale up to 80 per cent of the design levels by the end of the month,” the statement said.
Similarly, IndianOil has resumed manufacture of petrochemical intermediates like HDPE (high-density polyethylene) and Polypropylene at its Panipat complex. With the demand for these grades likely to increase even further in the coming days, the Naphtha Cracker, as well as the MEG (Mono-ethylene-glycol) plant at Panipat, are back in operation.
